Blaze displaces two but injuries minor

3:39 PM,
Apr. 7, 2013

Fire this morning at 190 Mill Road in the Town of Rhinebeck.

Written by

Chris Valdez
Poughkeepsie Journal

Two Rhinebeck residents were displaced after an early morning fire destroyed their home on Mill Road, according to the Rhinebeck Fire Department.

Gary McLaughlin, 60, dialed 911 as he was trying to rescue his mother, Audrey McLaughlin, 92, who was trapped inside their three-story home after a faulty chimney caused a rapidly spreading, two-alarm blaze today at 2:36 a.m., according to a news release.

State troopers Russell Wright and Chad Greer were the first to arrive on the scene and were able to safely remove the elderly woman and Gary McLaughlin followed them out. Additional tankers ...